Young Nitish Reddy scored a memorable maiden international hundred batting at number eight and lifted a faltering India to 358 for nine at stumps on the third day of the fourth Test against Australia here on Saturday.

Reddy’s effort was immensely crucial in the context of the ongoing fourth BGT 2024-25 test match and of the series that is locked at 1-1 as it might help India save the test match with rain around. Still, it’s a long way for the visitors to go to avoid a loss at the MCG and they will need their senior batsmen to step up in their second innings.

India has a new batting hero after 21-year-old Nitish Kumar Reddy showed the poise of a veteran to score his maiden century, leading his team’s comeback against Australia on day three of the fourth test.

After recording four scores between 35 and 45 in the first three tests of the BGT 2024-25, India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy finally reached his maiden half-century in test cricket and celebrated it with the famous ‘Pushpa’ celebration.

Emerging India allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has scored a brilliant MCG century to frustrate a tiring Australian bowling attack in the Boxing Day Test.

Nitish Ready brought up his maiden Test century on Day 3 of the India vs Australia Boxing Day Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on December 28 (Saturday).